Frozen Tundra

I’m hearing some interesting things about Columbus East football right now. One pertains to the head coaching job which I won’t disclose. The other pertains to their classification over the next two years. Apparently East is set to return to 4A for the first time since 2014. I guess the online schooling option the school corporation set up really did a number on East’s enrollment.

Besides the Fuel and Boom, what are the other two?

The New Albany job is now open as Steve Cooley has resigned. That means three HHC teams are now looking for new head coaches.

Yeah I try not to interact on that page period. Lots of stupidity on there. I feel like the football IQ is much higher on this site.

In case you didn’t pick up on the sarcasm, it was a reference knocking a certain someone on the Indiana High School Football Facebook page.

You mean Merrillville isn’t one of the best teams?!?!

The thinking is that they have to make some sacrifices next season in order to get exactly where they want to be in 2027 and onwards

I was told by a coach on the team that they didn’t really have a choice. The teams they were getting to fill in their schedule were due for home games those weeks and they just had to go with it. As for the week 4 TBD game, that will remain an away game. They already have two options for that game and both would require Jennings County to go on the road. The interesting thing here is that they will be playing their rival, Madison, at home in back-to-back years. It worked out for both teams’ schedules (since Madison is joining the Mid-Southern Conference next year) that Madison would come to North Vernon again. Otherwise, Jennings County would’ve only had two home games.

It is but they prefer this over the alternative. They desperately needed to make a change.

I sucked too. Pretty rotten year for me this year. @boilerfan87 and @LC_Bears_04 have proven to be the gold standard. I’m just trying to keep up.

That post was from October 2023. It is on page 49 if you or anyone else is interested in checking it out again.

That’s what I thought but I wanted to verify it. Thanks! That was me!

This was posted last night. It’s official. Jennings County will go independent in football next season while remaining in the HHC in other sports. Coach Jason Burton posted the following on Facebook: ”The New Era of Panther Football starts now! New Opponents, New opportunities, a new era of Panther Football kicking off in 2026! What we do between now and August 21st, 2026, will determine if these changes are just words on a paper, or lead to our success. What we do in the weight room, in skill sessions, during spring ball, in the classroom, & in summer ball, all add up to our success next season, & every season after. There’s a place for every athlete in our program. Do you have what it takes to be apart of Panther Football???”

Not quite understanding. If a team wins state in year 1, gets moved up due to enrollment, then wins regional in year 2 then that means they just have 2 points right? They wouldn’t get moved up again due to the success factor if their points were split between two classes, right?

Impacted Cathedral last year

Not a fan of teams needing 3 points to stay up. Should’ve stayed at 2 points.

We had a tie at the top of the standings this year for the first time ever. While I had intended to use the tiebreaker I came up with last year, I realized over the weekend that the wording I used to explain it wasn’t very clear or concise. See the tiebreaker rules below. 1. Did you predict the correct winner of the game? If this doesn’t break the tie then we move on to #2. 2. The person whose score prediction is the closest to the actual total points is the winner. (For example, person A predicted a 35-21 score for a game with a 42-21 result. Person B predicted a 52-7 score for a different game with a 70-14 result. Person A would win because their total score of 56 was 7 points off the actual total of 63. Whereas, person B’s total score of 59 was 25 points off the actual total of 84.) If the tie still isn’t broken, we move on to #3. 3. The person whose score prediction of the winning team is closest is the winner. (For example, two people were off by 4 points in their total score predictions in #2. Person A predicted a 24-21 score for a game with a 28-21 result. Person B predicted a 35-3 score for a different game with a 34-8 result. Person B would win because they were off by 1 point on the winning score while person A was off by 4 points.) I have mentioned this in maybe one or two previous posts but tiebreaker #1 was only meant to be used in the event there was a tie going into the final week, there were multiple games going into the final week, and the score was tied after the final week. For instance, Person A and Person B are tied going into the final week. The final week contains two games. Both Person A and Person B are required to pick a final score of just ONE of those two games. Here’s a random scenario to illustrate this. Person A picks BNL over Heritage Hills and Floyd Central over Bloomington South. Person A picks the BNL game as the one he wants to give a final score to. He has BNL winning 28-21. Person B picks BNL over Heritage Hills and Floyd Central over Bloomington South as well. However, he picks the FC game as the one he wants to give a final score to. He has FC winning 21-10. Now let’s say BNL wins but FC loses. Both Person A and Person B have the same picks and would each get 1 point. However, Person A gave a score prediction to the BNL game (which he had BNL winning) and Person B gave a score prediction to the FC game (which he had FC winning). BNL won and FC lost so Person A would win the tiebreaker due to having the correct winner in his score prediction game. Therefore, this particular tiebreaker was never meant to be used if someone was a point behind going into the final week. This all made sense to me in my head but, looking back on it from an alternate perspective, it’s completely convoluted. As a result, I think I’m declaring @boilerfan87 and @LC_Bears_04 as co-winners of the HHC Pick ‘Em contest for 2025. Going forward, we will use the same rules but I’ll provide more clarity when needed as to whether tiebreaker #1 is needed. Hopefully this makes sense and still isn’t convoluted. Pick ‘Em Contest Winners 2020: @boilerfan87 41/52 (.788) 2021: @Frozen Tundra 40/49 (.816) 2022: @LC_Bears_04 39/49 (.796) 2023: @boilerfan87 47/51 (.922) 2024: @LC_Bears_04 44/48 (.917) 2025: @boilerfan87 & @LC_Bears_04 27/30 (.900)

If I was childless or single I’d have no problem going. However, if I leave my wife and kids on a Friday night for that long of a time then I’m gonna get the cold shoulder from my wife. Lol

Can’t tell you how many times over the years I’ve had a free Friday night during the postseason with plans to watch Brownstown only to find out their game is away every single time. Wanted to go last night but it was in Linton. Wanted to go next week but it’s in Lapel. Lame.

Can’t turn the ball over at home either. Matter of fact, probably not a good idea to do that against good teams nor in big games. You’ll be happy to know Bloomington South will be at New Palestine next week. Every year, there’s at least one team in the state that is able to play an overwhelming majority of postseason games at home. In 2013, East hosted a sectional semifinal against Greenwood, a sectional championship against Shelbyville, a regional championship against Jasper, and a semistate championship against New Palestine. The only two games they didn’t host were a 1st round sectional game against Madison and, obviously, the state championship against Fort Wayne Dwenger. The point is, whether it’s the new format or the old one, somebody is able to benefit like this.

Final HHC Pick ‘Em Standings: @boilerfan87 27/30 @LC_Bears_04 27/30 @gonzoron 26/30 @Fkfootball 25/30 @Frozen Tundra 25/30 @Impartial_Observer 24/30 @mamasa 25/29 @Goose10 15/16 @Bulldog15 4/4 @Uncle Bubba 3/4

Congrats. Anybody can beat anybody once or twice. The point I’m making is that, overall, there is more talent roaming the halls at Bloomington South than at Floyd Central. Hence why Bloomington South wins in football and basketball more often than not.

Are we talking country club sports like golf, tennis, and swimming or are we excluding those?

Still need week 13 picks from @boilerfan87 and @mamasa

Floyds Knobs is no Bloomington. Having competed against both in track and having watched both in multiple sports over the years (including this year), I’m sorry but there’s a big difference in talent level. The difference in this game will be who executes better. I feel like you’re seeing that as a knock but it’s not. Do you know how many football teams Columbus East played during their peak that had more talent than them? There were quite a few in the non-conference. East was elite and beat them though because they out-executed them.